Congratulations to Quincy Hathaway and his mentor Dr. John Hollander
Please join me in congratulating Quincy Hathaway (PhD student in Exercise Physiology) and his mentor Dr. John Hollander on being awarded a two-year $53,000 fellowship from the American Heart Association. This is truly an awesome accomplishment and speaks volumes for the hard work Quincy has been doing and the great work that Dr. Hollander is doing in his lab and his mentorship to his graduate students. Please take the time to read the article if you have not done so.
Congratulations Again!
Randy
Randy W. Bryner, MS, EdD
Associate Professor & Interim Chair
Director for Undergraduate Education
Division of Exercise Physiology
West Virginia University
Full Story:
Like other cells in the body, heart cells contain mitochondria, which act like tiny powerhouses. Just as a car can’t run well if its engine is faulty, cells can’t do their jobs if their mitochondria malfunction. Diabetes can harm the heart, sabotaging its ability to make energy at the cellular level.
Diabetics are at least twice as likely as nondiabetics to die of heart disease. They’re also at a greater risk of heart attack. With a two-year, $53,000 fellowship from the American Heart Association, Quincy Hathaway, a doctoral candidate in the West Virginia University School of Medicine, is examining how a certain protein, called PNPase, influences mitochondria’s performance in heart cells.